Want to (slightly) speed up Revit?

From the Properties palette and in the Target box, go to the very
end of that long sequence and add {spacebar}/nosplash. (please do not
type {spacebar}, that is just my indication that you use the space bar)

Click OK.

The nice splash screen that always stares you in the face when
starting up Revit will disappear, thus saving you a few seconds on your
load time.
NOTE: For you AutoCAD-ites, the same procedure above applies EXCEPT you add {spacebar}/nologo